A glimpse of the past One day World Cups

World Cup 1975

Clive Lloyd lifts World Cup

Venue : Lords, EnglandTeams : England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India, Pakistan,
Srilanka and East AfricaFinals : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and Australia
led by Ian Chappell on June 21, 1975. Winner : West Indies beat Australia for 17 runs Score : 291 for 8 off 60 OversMan of the match : Clive Lloyd scoring 102 runs off just 85 ballsSponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential
World Cup

World Cup 1983

Kapil Dev lifts World Cup

Venue
: Lords, EnglandTeams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Srilanka, West Indies and ZimbabweFinals : Between West Indies
led by Clive Lloyd and India led by Kapil Dev on June 25, 1983. Winner
: India beat West Indies by 43 runs Score : 183 runs
all out off 54.4 OversMan of the match : Indian Vice Captain Mohinder
Amarnath for picking 3 wickets for 12 balls. Also took 26 runs Sponsors
: Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1992

Imran Khan lifts World Cup

Venue : AustraliaTeams
: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
and South AfricaFinals : Between Pakistan led by Imran Khan
and England led by Graham Gooch on March 25, 1992. Winner : Pakistan
beat England by 22 runsScore : 249 runs for 6 wickets
off 50 oversMan of the match : Wasim Akram, who picked up three important
wickets late in the England inningsPlayer of the tournament : New
Zealand captain Martin Crowe for scoring 456 runs Sponsors : Jointly
hosted by Australia and New Zealand called the Benson and Hedges World Cup.

World Cup 1996

Arjuna Ranatunga lifts World Cup

Venue : Lahore, PakistanTeams : Australia,
England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Srilanka,
United Arab Emirates, West Indies and Zimbabwe Finals :
Between Srilanka led by Arjuna Ranatunga and Australia led by Mark Taylor on March
17, 1996. Winner : Srilanka beat Australia by 7 wickets. For
the first time in the history of the tournament, the team chasing won.Score
: 241 runs with 22 deliveries to spare off 50 oversMan
of the match : Aravinda da Silva for his unbeaten 107 runsPlayer of
the Tournament : Sanath Jayasurya for aggressive batman ship with runs at
the amazing rate of 1.32 per ball faced.Sponsors : Jointly hosted
by India, Pakistan and Srilanka called the Wills World cup

World Cup 1999

Steve Waugh lifts World Cup

Venue : Lords, EnglandTeams : Australia, Bangladesh,
England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Scotland, Srilanka,
West Indies and ZimbabweFinals : Between Australia led by Steve
Waugh and Pakistan led by Wasim Akram on June 20, 1999. Winner
: Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets. Score : 133
runs in 29.5 overs to spareMan of the match : Shane Warne for
picking 4 wickets for 33 ballsPlayer of the tournament : South Africa's
All rounder, Lance Klusener for scoring 281 runs at an average of 140.50, with
his strike rate an amazing 1.22 runs per ball faced. He also captured 17 wickets,
just three off the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, at an average of just over
20.Sponsors : ICC World Cup hosted by England